I finally caved and picked up a new full-sized iPad this week, so it stands to reason that this Week in Gaming Apps be bigger and higher resolution than the last, with a plug that doesn't fit any other the ones that came before it.

I've only had the iPad 4 since Monday, and I've already filled two pages with games, thanks to a robust crop of new iOS releases this week. We finally got Real Racing 3, which I wasn't quite as pleased with as I had hoped I'd be. We also got a new Alien Vs. Predator title, which put the recent console release to shame, not that it was a particularly difficult feat.

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But wait, there's more! There's a new Toy Story game, a little Hello Kitty (if you're nasty), and an excellent opportunity for me to include a picture of my cat in the Week in Gaming Apps. I'm calling it a success.

You control a man in very fetching leotards. You've got to make him backflip. And that's it! Sound easy? Hahahah. Hahah. Hah. No.
No, it is not easy.
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